I’m no fool. I know that lists are not the most intellectually rigorous form of book criticism but I also know they get lots of clicks. And given that I spend a great deal of time…
Rejoice, friends! The great city of Minneapolis is getting a new indie press. Lost Kite Editions (LKE) is a new nonprofit publisher specializing in poetry and literary prose. The …
We updated this list as part of the the Best of the Best Books Reading Challenge! Join the challenge now! What makes a summer novel? It might be set in during a summer (One Fatefu…
Dutch residents are increasingly concerned that the country is unprepared for a world order dictated by the demands of the most powerful nations, a study by the Clingendael instit…
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met his Greek counterpart Giorgos Gerapetritis in Sofia on June 10, calling for a responsible approach to regional issues and saying the Eastern Medit…
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has temporarily suspended the membership of the Chess Federation of Russia. The decision was announced on FIDE’s website.
Türkiye’s Defense Ministry has criticized a Status of Forces Agreement between France and Greek Cyprus, saying it was closely monitoring steps it described as raising tensions in …
The fragile diplomatic framework established earlier this year appeared to collapse overnight as U.S. forces carried out a second consecutive day of military st
Gwyneth Paltrow sparked widespread outrage by becoming the face of an Israeli real estate project. Al Jazeera’s Hala Al Shami explains Israel’s pattern of promoting real estate ab…
The first episode of the first season of the genre-redefining streaming series Chef’s Table on Netflix begins, as one might expect, in Italy. Massimo Bottura, the omnipresent, awa…
Türkiye’s Halkbank on June 11 said that the criminal case filed against the bank in the U.S. — ongoing for nine years — will be fully concluded once the U.S. District Court for th…
Imagine, if you will, a college student returning from summer break for the start of a new semester. Heading to her first class of the day, she pulls up the campus map on her phon…